Posted by Bruce Sherman on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Fw-SHADO-Re-Gerry-Anderson-to-make-new-TV-series-of-Thunderbirds-tp2250949p2253166.html

They recently re-edited what is known as Star Trek- The Original Series with new special effects.  I once caught a episode and went... huh?? What the heck was that :)

On a Star Trek- Deep Space Nine episode, they did a continuation of one from the original series.  They did a special on how the original series was filmed, how they adjusted how they filmed ST-DS9, so when they added a DS9 actor into the original series scene, the lighting would match.

The episode they redid was "The Trouble with Tribbles"  The story goes, the DS9 producers were talking about doing this project over lunch when the pivotal actor from the original series episode walked in the same diner as they were eating :)

Without going Trekker on here, but if anyone watched the DS9 episode I am talking about, and at one point they discussed how the Klingons from the original series to the first movie looked different, they looked to Worf for a explanation, and he simply said, they don't discuss it :)

Bruce
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Marc Martin
  To: [hidden email]
  Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:48 PM
  Subject: Re: Fw: [SHADO] Re: Gerry Anderson to make new TV series of Thunderbirds


   
  > And how is it that the original series of Star Trek looks technically
  > superior to ST:TNG, which always looked as if it was done on video
  > with a purple filter on the camera!!!

  That's because the original Star Trek was shot on 35mm film, while
  ST:TNG was shot on film and then transferred to video for editing &
  special effects. So it's easy to make HDTV versions of the original
  series, but not so easy to make HDTV versions of ST:TNG, as they'd have
  to redo everything from the original film elements (including redoing
  all of the editing and special effects).

  Seinfeld was done the same way as ST:TNG, but they've made HDTV versions
  of this by going back to the original 35mm elements and reconstructing
  the episodes from scratch. At least Seinfeld had no special effects
  to redo... :-)

  Since UFO was shot on 35mm film, it's also an easy upgrade to HDTV.
  (and has already been done once, although the one they've done so
  far was cropped to widescreen).

  Marc


 


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